Sophie Lawrence gently placed her hands on her abdomen, a faint tinge of redness showing at the corners of her eyes.
Henry Mitchell turned over again, and his hand in the quilt reached forward, pulling Sophie Lawrence into his arms.
After fumbling to hold Sophie Lawrence's hand, he made no other movements.
Feeling the warmth from his hand and his back, Sophie Lawrence immediately softened her breathing, and that trace of sadness disappeared in an instant.
In this way, the night passed peacefully.
At six o'clock the next morning, Henry Mitchell was awakened by an emergency call from Healing Haven, and then he hurriedly got up and rushed there.
After Sophie Lawrence arrived at the Fire Brigade Station, the old captain suddenly appeared and placed a stack of documents on her desk.
"Next month, the brigade will jointly conduct a fire - safety knowledge lecture at Healing Haven in the jurisdiction with the Health Bureau. You need to prepare the content for the lecture promotion well."
"Okay." Sophie Lawrence replied.
After speaking, as if suddenly remembering something, she quickly said, "I would like to take three days off tomorrow. Henry Mitchell's Healing Haven is having a team - building activity."
The old captain unhesitatingly approved Sophie Lawrence's leave application.
After the old captain left, Sophie Lawrence began to prepare the content of the promotional brochure.
It was not her first time doing this. When she was in college, she had helped Henry Mitchell organize a lot of materials.
But it had been so long that Sophie Lawrence found it a bit difficult to organize them now.
Time passed quickly without notice, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon before she knew it.
Looking at only a small part of the content she had sorted out on the computer screen, Sophie Lawrence couldn't help but sigh softly.
The work of a political commissar is no easier than that on the front line at all.
Thinking that there was still some time until next month, Sophie Lawrence backed up what she had already sorted out to the cloud and prepared to go home.
Not long after she got home, Henry Mitchell suddenly sent a message.
"Mom said to come back after work. I'll pick you up later."
Sophie Lawrence's hand tightened suddenly, and it took her a while to type a few words on the screen.
"Okay, but I'm already off work. I'll wait for you at the entrance of the community."
Henry Mitchell arrived quickly. When they reached Hope Residence, it was only six - thirty.
In the elevator, Sophie Lawrence couldn't help but wonder what Henry Mitchell's mother wanted them to come for this time.
With a "ding", the elevator reached the floor.
Sophie Lawrence suddenly hesitated and stood still in a daze.
Henry Mitchell looked back, and extended his hand to Sophie Lawrence.
Sophie Lawrence was slightly startled, and slowly raised her hand to hold Henry Mitchell's hand.
After entering the door, Henry Mitchell's mother, seeing the two tightly - held hands, a flash of coldness instantly appeared in her eyes, but on the surface, she pretended not to mind anymore and was full of apology.
"Sophie, Mom was too harsh last time. Mom wants to say sorry to you."
Sophie Lawrence was a little surprised. Was her sister - in - law's teaching so effective?
She was about to say something when Henry Mitchell preempted her, "Mom, I think Ella has finished cooking. Let's have dinner first."
The look on Henry Mitchell's mother's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal: "Okay, let's have dinner first."
At the dinner table, Henry Mitchell's mother's attitude was completely different from before. Not only did she occasionally pick up food for Sophie Lawrence, but she also considerately moved the dishes Sophie Lawrence liked to her front.
While Henry Mitchell went to the kitchen to serve rice, his mother suddenly said,
"Sophie, after dinner, you can also play chess with Mom."
Sophie Lawrence's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she replied softly, "Okay."
...
Half an hour later.
Henry Mitchell was sent to the kitchen by his mother to clean up.
"I let Ella go home after work. Now this is your job."
After saying that, she directly dragged Sophie Lawrence to the second floor.
After entering the study, Henry Mitchell's mother directly closed the door.
When she looked at Sophie Lawrence again, there was no longer any gentleness in her eyes.
Sophie Lawrence's heart tightened. Before she could react, she heard Henry Mitchell's mother's voice, cold as ice, in her ear.
"I hope you can take the initiative to ask Henry Mitchell for a divorce."